Cut off excess fabric. (if you used a sharpie like I did cut just below your drawn line) Pin all around and get ready to stitch.

Step four:

Because your using a pillow case, you'll have two sides that are already seamed. That means half of the the work is already done for you -- yay! Start stitching around the cut and pinned edge. Don't forget to back stitch in the beginning and end. Go slowly around the curves and in the corners stop with your needle down, lift your presser foot, pivot, lower your presser foot and continue sewing. Stop before you get to the end, leaving a space big enough for your hand to fit for turning and stuffing, and back stitch.

Step five:

Trim the seam allowance with pinking shears then turn the pillow case right side out. Stuff your pillow and then close the opening by hand-stitching or machine stitching.

Hope you enjoy your new cloud pillow -- make a whole sky-full! I'd love to see the ones you make. Please leave me a link in the comments. And, if anything is unclear in my instructions, please let me know.

January 16, 2013

Saturday we celebrated Molly Jo's first birthday with a sweet owl themed party. I made a tutu for her highchair using the same tutorial in my previous post and attached it with stick-on velcro.

I crocheted a tiny owl using this tutorial (another great Pintrest find) and sewed it onto a onesie to complete her birthday outfit. I had trouble getting the ears as pointy as in the tutorial. After three tries I finally decided they looked fine.

Of course all the clothes came off when it was time to smash the cake!

It was a wonderful day and I want to thank to everyone who joined in the celebration! I can't believe my baby is one already but I'm still enjoying every minute of it!

It was so ridiculously easy to make. These tutus are very popular right now, I've seen them everywhere. I wish I had know about them when my older girls were little. They loved to dress up in tutus...I could have made them dozens.

The adorableness is almost too much. I could take a thousand pictures of this...

Now it's time to give her highchair the same treatment and then work on the rest of her birthday outfit (not that she could get any cuter!)

January 08, 2013

I love the New Year. Just like springtime, it's a chance for a new beginning, a re-newal of some sort, when all things seem possible. Like hitting a personal re-start button. I love that feeling...the feeling of a fresh start.

I decided to try once more at a 365 photo project -- I've never gotten very far in the past. I mostly want to explore photography more and develop my own personal style. Eight days in and I'm still with it but, ugh...I just know there will be days I'll forget to pick up my camera.

We've celebrated a few birthdays already this new year and an extra special one is coming up this weekend...Molly Jo turns One! I can barely believe it. I don't normally get very crafty for birthday parties, however, the first birthday is extra special and I have a Pintrest addiction that needs satisfying. I've got more than a few 'pinned' projects in mind and I'll definately share them here.